This primer is intended to acquaint public, academic and special librarians with the current state of the art in microform technology. Brief discussion is given of the advantages and disadvantages, economics, reading and printing capabilities, continuous and unitized microforms and the various analogies of microfilm technology to other technology.…

The International Standard Bibliographic Description for Monographic Publications (ISBD(M)) is an international standard developed by the International Federation of Library Associations Working Group; it seeks to introduce uniformity in the bibliographic descriptions prepared in national cataloging agencies throughout the world for use in…

According to this author, library classification should be viewed in its broader context of the classification of knowledge--the orderly arrangement of thoughts and things for convenient reference. This has been an activity of man since his earliest days, when primitive man first classified animals and plants in the interest of food. Philosophers,…

In an effort to share literature with children as well as to provide meaningful experiences for students in the teacher education program at the college, a series of storytelling programs entitled "Storyhours on Parade" has been designed for area school systems and libraries. The programs are based upon selected themes and are presented…

The functions of a university library staff have changed greatly in recent years. More scholarship and creative work on the part of academic librarians are demanded, creating a need for library faculty members who have the ability to keep abreast of new developments in the library field, to integrate their knowledge with the teaching functions of…

The discussions during the two-day sessions on the ten working papers which had been previously submitted to the attendees are reported. The formal high point of the Conference came during the small group work sessions which were not recorded. Each group reported the results of its discussions, in the form of recommendations, to the final full…

The 78-page work is the first description of the Princeton University Library collection of periodicals produced by and for American Indians. It lists 271 periodicals representing tribal, institutional, and individual publications o the native Americans. (LS)

The 384 references in this bibliography represent a selection of recent literature (post 1960) on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). More selectivity is applied to earlier literature, and only the more significant items, generally of substantial importance, are chosen from publications earlier than 1950. The objective is to assemble a…

This pamphlet presents a few suggestions on how to select a book for a child. A few publications and their addresses are given as sources of guidance in choosing children's books. (DB)

Librarianship is not fully recognized as a profession. In order to gain the full professional recognition and autonomy that it deserves. Librarianship must develop a new awareness and conception of itself and its potential. Its definition of "service" must change. Librarians must develop an integrated set of common values at a field level and be…

In this copyright infringment suit, the plaintiff (Williams & Wilkins Company) alleges that the defendent (Department of Health, Education and Welfare) through its agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has infringed plaintiff's copyrights in medical journals by making unauthorized…

This is a compilation of abstracts of statistical data from the annual reports of selected American public libraries, covering the report year which ended anytime in 1971. Those reports were abstracted which came to the desk of the editor. This is admittedly a very sample of the total of such reports, and public libraries are invited to send…

Rules for cataloging non-print media are presented. The publication is devoted exclusively to cataloging standards since coding of many non-print media is included in the Library of Congress MARC system. All elements which should appear on the cataloging card are identified; the elements of the description are described with the MARC format in…

At the beginning of the 1970s, American university libraries can look back upon a decade of phenomenal growth. Serious problems of organization and administration often resulted from this growth which have not received the attention deserved. The traditional hierarchial structure of university libraries with one head librarian at the top is no…

The purpose of Cataloging in Publication (CIP) is to provide professional cataloging data to publishers so that the data will be printed in the book. Since CIP will reduce cataloging costs and speed the delivery of books to readers, it should be beneficial to both the library world and the publishing industry. The number of participating…